Mayor Gilles of Hesdin

Mayor Gilles of Hesdin (2 July 1099-) was a noble of the Kingdom of France.

Biography
Gilles was born on 2 July 1099 to a family of French Catholics, and he became the mayor of Hesdin under Countess Mathilde of Boulogne. Gilles defended his castle against the forces of Stephen of England, who besieged his city (ironically, he was Mathilde's husband) and conquered it on 3 November 1136.